2017–18 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team

2017–18 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record7–21 (2–16 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Curtis
  • John Smith
  • Kenyon Spears
Home arenaMcDermott Convocation Center
2017–18 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southeastern Louisiana 15 3   .833 22 12   .647
Nicholls State 15 3   .833 21 11   .656
Stephen F. Austin 14 4   .778 28 7   .800
Sam Houston State 12 6   .667 21 15   .583
Lamar 11 7   .611 19 14   .576
New Orleans 11 7   .611 16 17   .485
Central Arkansas 10 8   .556 18 17   .514
Abilene Christian 8 10   .444 16 16   .500
Texas A&M–CC 8 10   .444 11 18   .379
McNeese State 8 10   .444 11 17   .393
Incarnate Word 2 16   .111 7 21   .250
Houston Baptist 2 16   .111 6 25   .194
Northwestern State 1 17   .056 4 25   .138
2018 Southland tournament winner

The 2017–18 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by 12th-year head coach Ken Burmeister and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals finished the season 7–21, 2–16 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament.

The season marked the Cardinals' first full season as a Division I school after a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I and were thus eligible for postseason play.

On March 6, 2018, the school announced that head coach Ken Burmeister would not return as head coach. The Cardinals hired Carson Cunningham from Carroll College of the NAIA as the new head coach on March 22, 2018.